Mop handle connection with mop body portion



July 7, 1959 P. s. VOSBIKIAN ET AL 2,893,033

MOP HANDLE CONNECTION WITH MOP BODY PORTION Filed March 11, 1957ATTORNEY MOP'HANDIJE-CONNECTION wmr Mor BODY PORTION retel- Voshikianand Thomas S.Vosbikian,

'Melrose, Pa.

Application March 11, 1957,, Serial No. 645,

3 Claims. (Cl. 15 144) The object of this inventionis to devise a novelconnection for securing a mop'handle .tothe body portion of a mop.

A further object of the invention is todevise a novel construction andarrangement of a mounting comprising a plate. of spring material havinga channel extending across it andopenat itsbottom said channel receivingmop handle is connected. The rod bears against a body portion of themopstructureand its diameter is greater than the depth ofth channel so'that when the plate is'secured to the .bndy portion alpressure isplaced on the rod to provide a frictional contact which restricts butdoes not prevent the turning movement of the rod.

The body portion of the mop has operatively connected with it in anydesired manner a strip, pad or block of cleaning material of any desiredtype which, when moved over a surface to be cleaned, acts as a dust mop,a wiping mop, a wet or dry mop or as a waxing and polishing mop, inaccordance with the character of cleaning material employed.

The body portion may consist of a single strip of rigid material, or, ifan extracting type of mop is desired, of a plate in hinged relationshipwith a pair of backing members which carry the cleaning material so thatwhen the backing members are pressed towards each other an extractingoperation will be effected.

The arm of the bearing rod may be integral with the rod or connected toit in any desired manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearlyappear, our invention comprehends a novel mop 'having a frictionaladjustable connection between the handle and body portion of the mop.

It further comprehends a novel connection having a spring member havinga channel extending across it and open at its bottom, whereby, when abearing rod is in the channel and the member is fixed to a body portionof the mop, the bearing rod is clamped between the spring member and thebody portion.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings preferred embodiments of it which we have found,in practice, to give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however,to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which theinvention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and theinvention is not limited, except by the scope of the appended claims, tothe exact arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop, embodying our invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1 with the sponge removed.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

2,893,033 Patented July 7, 1959 Figure 4 is a broken away perspectiveview of an embodiment of the invention showing the bearing rod channelextending transversely of the mop instead of longitudinally as in Figure1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention inwhich a single backing member is employed for the cleaning materialinstead of a pair of hinged backing members as in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bearing rod and its post, the latterbeing fixed to a handle socket.

Figure 7 is. a perspective view of another form of bearing rod and post.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the hinge pins.

Similar, numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the mop has a bodyportion 1 in the form of a platelike memberof rigid material such asmetal or plastic, having opposite sides overhanging the inner ends ofbacking members 2 and 3 which are hinged together by hinge pins 4 aroundwhich opposite side portions of the body portion are deflected so thatthe body portion carries the backing plates. Opposite side, marginalportions are bent downwardly and inwardly as at 5 to slidably receive aflexible or other strip 6 secured to the cleaning material 7 which maybe in the form of a strip, pad or block depending upon the purpose ofthe mop and the type of cleaning, waxing or'polishing desired.

The backing members may have upwardly deflected ribs 8 forming pocketsinto which the backing strip for the cleaning material may extend toassist in retaining the cleaning material in assembled condition withthe backing members.

Springs 9 carried by the hinge pins tend to move the backing memberstowards the body portion.

The foregoing is one of many constructions and arrangements which may beemployed for operatively connecting the cleaning material with the bodyportion.

The body portion may have upwardly extending spaced ribs 10 to positiona spring member 11 which as shown is in the form of a strip or plate ofspring material having central opening 12, and at opposite sides of suchopening the plate is deflected upwardly as at 13 to form a channel openat its bottom and ends and disposed longitudinally of the mop as inFigure 1 or transversely of the head of the mop as in Figure 4.

A handle connector 14 in the form of a round bearing rod is mounted insuch channel and rides on the top face of the body portion and has acentral stud or post 15 extending upwardly through the opening 12. Thespring member near its corners is fixed to the body portion by fasteningdevices such as for example the rivets 16 or other suitable fasteningmeans. The diameter of the bearing rod is greater than the depth of thechannel in which it is mounted so that a spring tension is exertedagainst the rod to restrict but not prevent its turning movement.

The opening 12 is in the form of a slot extending through andtransversely across the channel 13, and is of greater length than Width.The stud 15 is wider than the width of the slot but is of a length topermit the stud to be inserted from beneath through the slot. The studand bearing rod are then turned to bring the hearing rod in registrywith the channel. The side walls of the slot align the stud and act asguides for its movement during the operation.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, the upper end of the stud or post 15 is connectedby a pivot member 17 to ears 18 of a handle socket 19 of any desiredconstruction and to which a mop handle 20 is connected.

The connector 14 may be in the form shown in Figure 6 in which a bearingrod 21 has a stud 22 welded or otherwise fixed to the handle socket 19,or in the form shown in Figure 7 wherein the bearing rod 23 has acentral loop 24.

In Figure 5, instead of hinged backing plates carried by the bodyportion, the backing for the cleaning material is in the form of a fiatstrip or plate 25 of rigid material,

, and the body portion 1 is omitted. The plate 25 forms the body portionof the mop and a tension plate 26 is riveted to it. This plate 25 is thesame construction as in Figure 1, having a channel 27 open at its bottomand ends to receive a bearing rod 28 and has an opening 29 through whicha stud 30 carried by the bearing rod extends. The stud 30 is pivotallyconnected with a handle socket in a similar manner to that shown inFigure 1. It will thus be clear that the bearing rod contacts the topface of the bearing plate 25 and the spring member presses the bearingrod against the plate 25. The sides of the plate 25 at opposite sidesare deflected to form side channels into which the covering strip forthe cleaning material is slid.

When the hinged backing members and body portion which carries them isused as in Figures 1, 2 and 3, an extracting type of mop is provided,since the extraction operation will take place when the backing membersare the top face of the body portion, a bearing rod in said channelriding on said body portion and having a stud insertable from the bottomof the spring member through the top opening and extending upwardlythrough said opening, said spring member pressing the bearing rodagainst the body portion, and a mop handle connected with said stud.

2. The construction defined in claim 1, wherein the spring member is inthe form of a flat plate, and the diameter of the bearing rod is ofgreater depth than the depth of said channel.

3. A mop, comprising a body portion having upwardly extending spacedribs, cleaning material carried by the body portion, a plate of springmaterial positioned between said ribs fixed at marginal portions to thebody portion and having a channel extending across it, said channelbeing closed at its top and open at its bottom, a bearing rod in saidchannel and pressed against said body portion by said plate, saidchannel having a top opening and said rod having a part extendingupwardly through said top opening, and a mop handle connected with saidpart.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,112,190 Beazley Sept. 29, 1914 1,675,736 Sturgis July 3, 19281,689,939 Welling a Oct. 30, 1928 2,643,407 Vosbikian et al June 30,1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 527,653 Canada July 10, 1956 1,029,722 France Mar.11, 1953

